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A Mk VI undergoing maintenance, France 1940. The location of the engine, beside the driver, can be seen. The Tank, Light, Mk VI was the sixth in the line of light tanks built by Vickers-Armstrongs for the British Army during the interwar period.
The Mark V had to embody the most advanced features that could still be incorporated into the Mark I hull. The Mark VI should abandon the old hull entirely, reflecting only some general principles of the older tank. [1] On 13 July 1917, Metropolitan, the firm associated to Sir William Tritton, had a wooden mock-up ready of both models. [2]
Mark VI (tank), a British tank design from World War I; Vickers Mk.VI light tank, a British tank design from the first years of World War II; 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun, World War II-era U.S. Navy gun used as main armament on six fast battleships; Supermarine Spitfire Mk VI, high altitude Royal Air Force fighter with five-blade propeller
The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though not adopted by the British Army , it was picked up by several other armed forces, and licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26 .
Bruce took command of the Mark V tank and drove it into Tsaritsyn under heavy fire [9] and captured the city from the Bolshevik Red Army. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Viewed "as the most dramatic tank action in 1919" [ 12 ] Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel awarded Bruce the Russian Cross of St. George and the Order of St. Vladimir for the "major role he played in ...
Crusader, in full "Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader", also known by its General Staff number A.15, was one of the primary British cruiser tanks during the early part of the Second World War. Over 5,000 tanks were manufactured and they made important contributions to the British victories during the North African campaign .
By the end of 1944, most of the earlier marks had been replaced by the Mk 6. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The usual gun tractor for the 7.2-inch howitzer in the early war years was the Scammell Pioneer , although this was never available in sufficient numbers and from late 1943 the Pioneer was supplemented by the Albion CX22S . [ 7 ]
The M24 Chaffee (officially light tank M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II conflicts including the Korean War, and by the French in the War in Algeria and the First Indochina War.